(21900) Orus


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Object

Object (21900) Orus
Diameter(1) 59 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 10.09
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.124205 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.037837065 ± 0.000000020
Inclination 8.468546894 ± 0.000000631 °
Longitude of ascending node 258.554263 ± 0.000006 °
Argument of perihelia 180.775313 ± 0.000020 °
Mean anomaly 339.727457 ± 0.000022 °
Orbital period 11.60 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file 21900_Orus_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 1951-11-08
Date of last observation 2022-07-16
Number of observations used in the fit 3290
Number of rejected observations 10
Number of DES observations 14
Number of MPC observations 2868
Number of unpublished observations 298
RMS of observations 0.103 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv6 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2022-01 0.012 0.003
2022-07 0.014 0.002
2023-01 0.022 0.004
2023-07 0.019 0.004
2024-01 0.031 0.009
2024-07 0.022 0.008
2025-01 0.033 0.014
2025-07 0.025 0.011
2026-01 0.032 0.013

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL37 in right ascension (weighted by cos δ) and in declination.
Gray area represents the 1-σ uncertainty of NIMA ephemeris. Green dots represent the DES observations.